Author: Pablo DeJesus

Keep Breathing, Everyone. A Justice-Focused Life is a Spiritual Life – Pastoral Comment by Chaplain Eleanor Piez

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Keep breathing. Keep breathing, everyone.  In my memory, I’ve never known so much public anxiety and fear as I see right now. The coronavirus is still running rampant, and still killing people off. It’s worse because it’s been weaponized. The virus in the U.S. has been turned into one more force of political power waging … Continue reading Keep Breathing, Everyone. A Justice-Focused Life is a Spiritual Life – Pastoral Comment by Chaplain Eleanor Piez

Reeb / UUSJ – Voter Mobilization Project 2020

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[maxbutton id=”1″ ] [maxbutton id=”2″ ] [maxbutton id=”3″ ] [maxbutton id=”4″ ]   Your Congregation Can Mobilize Voters in the mid-Atlantic Now!  The Reeb Voting Rights Project and UUs for Social Justice have pooled resources and talents to hire Kelsey Cowger jointly for the 2020 election season as our Reeb/UUSJ Voting Campaigns Organizer. Kelsey will help mobilize and engage UUs … Continue reading Reeb / UUSJ – Voter Mobilization Project 2020

Join the Reclaim Our Vote Project to Mobilize Voters! Connect with the UUSJ/Reeb Project

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Your Congregation Can Mobilize Voters Now! The Reeb Project for Voting Rights and UUSJ are teaming up through November to fight voter suppression, improve ballot access and help people register to vote. With polling places shutting down due to the coronavirus and a shift to mail-in ballots, it is critical that all Americans are able … Continue reading Join the Reclaim Our Vote Project to Mobilize Voters! Connect with the UUSJ/Reeb Project

First Unitarian Church of Baltimore Joins UUSJ! May 2020

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“First Unitarian Church of Baltimore sees the UUSJ as a key partner in its work of building a better Baltimore. Through the Advocacy Corps, we bring our values to Congress.” – Rev. David Carl Olson   Baltimore’s First Unitarian is the latest congregation to join the 15 member congregations of UUSJ. The church, which opened … Continue reading First Unitarian Church of Baltimore Joins UUSJ! May 2020

Love Resists – We bear witness, and as our faith demands, we act!

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“People of faith, particularly those of us who are white progressives, need to combat the systems of criminalization in our country. Systems of policing and criminalization in this country are inherently violent, steeped in and created to reinforce white supremacy, anti-blackness, and racialized control.” President Reverend Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Beloved Friend, As the pain and … Continue reading Love Resists – We bear witness, and as our faith demands, we act!

Hiring: Reeb Project/UUSJ Voting Campaign Organizer – Posting

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Reeb Project/UUSJ Voting Campaign Organizer Description: The Voting Campaign Organizer will work with the staff and volunteer leaders of the sponsors (the Reeb Project for Voting Rights at All Souls Church in Washington, DC, and Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, or UUSJ) to implement a non-partisan voter mobilization campaign in selected states. Through grassroots relational … Continue reading Hiring: Reeb Project/UUSJ Voting Campaign Organizer – Posting

Advocacy For Climate Justice Is Urgent! by Pablo DeJesus

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Have you heard the latest news about our changing climate?   A 2019 annual report released by the United Nations tells us that “Greenhouse gas emissions have steadily risen for the last decade, despite the current and future threat posed by climate change.” It goes on to compare the current state of world economies vs. how … Continue reading Advocacy For Climate Justice Is Urgent! by Pablo DeJesus

Pat Behenna on Amplifying Voices at the Margins (Why I Witness with UUSJ)

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“Show me what Democracy looks like. This is what Democracy looks like.”  This chant is often heard in nationwide protest rallies. I love it! It affirms that we Americans have freedom of speech, freedom to assemble and the right to urge our government to make changes. It also affirms our Unitarian Universalist principles of the … Continue reading Pat Behenna on Amplifying Voices at the Margins (Why I Witness with UUSJ)